No, I haven’t forgotten about this - life’s just been really hectic. Among other things, my boss needs to have knee surgery in 10 days. They want her to have it sooner, but her boss is off all week and she told them they couldn’t put her out of commission for a week with him gone. *sighs with relief*  Anyway, I invested in a new pair of running shoes yesterday, then christened them with three loops around the park (mostly walking). That’s just a hair under four miles, and I ran about a mile of it in two spurts. My goal is to be able to run two full loops (2.6 miles) by Marathon Monday (two weeks from tomorrow). The new sneakers are wonderful - like running on air. I hadn’t realized just how broken down the old ones were until I headed out in the new ones. Fortunately, my legs held up pretty well - my wind was the problem. I’m hoping warmer weather and some regular training will solve that problem pretty quickly.  I’m been doing not so great with the eating - 14-hour days at work tend to have that effect - but I started to get back on track with dinner tonight and I’m hoping it will carry over through the week. I have three meals already packed in the fridge and freeezer, and I’ll pick up a few cans of soup tomorrow. I’ve also started drinking more water, mostly because the almost-full bottle of lemon juice in the fridge was nearing the end of its useful life. So I’ve been making water with a twist all week in my 32-oz water bottle.   This week’s goals:  Run MWF, working up to running two miles out of 5.2 (four loops) by Friday.  Walk 3.9 (three loops) miles on the days I don’t run Bring my dinner to work this week and avoid the snack machine. Eat at least half the veggies in my freezer.